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<h1 class="topictitle1">Configuring the Backup Network Plane (Applicable to FusionCompute 8.7.0 and Later Versions)</h1>
<div><p>This section describes how to configure an independent backup network plane for CNA hosts to implement LAN-based backup and restoration. If the independent backup network plane is not configured, the management plane is still used for backup and restoration.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Log in to FusionCompute using a browser.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__en-us_topic_0000002164606210_p6381515018">Login address: <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__en-us_topic_0000002164606210_b65373179016">https://</strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__en-us_topic_0000002164606210_i7538817902">Floating IP address of the VRM node of FusionCompute</em><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__en-us_topic_0000002164606210_b1053891716013">:8443</strong></p>
</p></li><li><span>Click <span><img src="en-us_image_0000002199972877.png"></span> on the navigation pane on the left to go to the <strong>Resource Pool</strong> page.</span></li><li><span>Click the <strong>Host</strong> tab and select the CNA host for which you want to configure an independent backup network plane.</span></li><li><span>Choose <strong>Configuration</strong> &gt; <strong>Network</strong> &gt; <strong>Logical Interface</strong> and click <strong>Add Service Management Port</strong> to go to the <strong>Add Service Management Port</strong> page.</span></li><li><span>On the <strong>Port Binding</strong> tab page, select the network port of the host NIC that connects to the service plane and click <strong>Next</strong>.</span><p><p><span><img src="en-us_image_0000002200007297.png"></span></p>
</p></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__li196484843619"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__li196484843619"></a><a name="li196484843619"></a><span>On the <strong>Connection Settings</strong> tab page, complete the configuration by referring to <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__table17871112123912">Table 1</a> and click <strong>Next</strong>.</span><p><p><span><img src="en-us_image_0000002200007265.png"></span></p>

<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__table17871112123912"></a><a name="table17871112123912"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__table17871112123912" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameter description</caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%"><col style="width:50%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2"><p>Description</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Name</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User-defined network plane name.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>VLAN ID</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>VLAN ID planned for the service management plane. The value <strong>0</strong> indicates that no VLAN tag will be carried.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>IPv4 Address</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>IP address of the service management port of the host.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Subnet Mask</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Subnet mask planned for the service management plane.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>This configuration is required only when storage links need to communicate with each other over Layer 3.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Available Services</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.6.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select <strong>CBT Traffic Management</strong> and deselect other options.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>On the <strong>Confirm Info</strong> tab page, confirm the current configuration, and click <strong>OK</strong>.</span><p><p><span><img src="en-us_image_0000002164606554.png"></span></p>
</p></li><li><span>Use PuTTY to log in to the host where the client is to be installed as user <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__en-us_topic_0000002164790296_en-us_topic_0000002200031305_b916917212">root</strong>.</span></li><li><span>Run the following command to open the configuration file:</span><p><p><strong>vi </strong><em>/opt</em><strong>/DataBackup/ProtectClient/Plugins/FusionComputePlugin/conf/hcpconf.ini</strong></p>
<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p>In the preceding command, <em>/opt</em> indicates the client installation directory. Replace it with the actual installation directory.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>In the <strong>[FusionCompute]</strong> section of the configuration file, change the value of <strong>IP4LanbaseToken</strong> to one of IP addresses of the host where the client is installed and ensure that this IP address is reachable to the IP address configured in <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007041__li196484843619">6</a>, and save the configuration file.</span><p><p>For example, if the backup network plane IP address planned on FusionCompute is 192.168.198.22 and IP address 192.168.198.61 of the host where the client is installed is reachable to 192.168.198.22, change the value of <strong>IP4LanbaseToken</strong> to 192.168.198.61.</p>
<pre class="screen">IP4LanbaseToken=192.168.198.61</pre>
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<div class="notice"><span class="noticetitle"><img src="public_sys-resources/notice_3.0-en-us.png"> </span><div class="noticebody"><p>The host (where the client is installed) on which this operation is performed can only be used to back up and restore VMs on the CNA host configured with an independent backup network plane.</p>
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